JLPT N5 · Particles
ね (ne)
～ね — “..., right? / isn’t it?”
In short · A sentence-final particle for seeking agreement, confirming, or sharing a feeling. It is used when speaker and listener are aware of the same thing.
Pattern
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文＋ねsentence + ね (いい天気ですね)
Seeking agreement
いい天気ですね expects a reply like そうですね. It works as a greeting, too.
Confirming
With a rising tone it checks something (あしたは休みですね？).
Difference from よ
ね seeks agreement about shared knowledge. よ tells the listener something they do not know.
Examples
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いい天気（てんき）ですね。
Ii tenki desu ne.
Nice weather, isn't it?
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この店（みせ）は安（やす）いですね。
Kono mise wa yasui desu ne.
This shop is cheap, isn't it?
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今日（きょう）は寒（さむ）いですね。
Kyō wa samui desu ne.
It's cold today, isn't it?
Common mistakes
- Using ね alone for news the listener does not know can sound pushy.
- The tone of ね changes its meaning.
More grammar points
- は は (wa) — the topic particle
- を を (o) — the object particle
- に に (ni) — time, destination, location
- で で (de) — place of action & means
- と と (to) — and / together with
- の の (no) — possessive & noun linker
- へ へ (e) — direction
- も も (mo) — also / too
- か か (ka) — the question marker
- から から・まで — from … to …
- より より (yori) — than (comparison)
- だけ ～だけ — “only ～”
- で ～で — place, means and cause
- が ～が — marks the subject
- か か — the question particle
- まで ～まで — “until / up to ～”
- も ～も — “also / too”
- なあ ～なあ — sentence-final feeling
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